Century Aluminum (CENX) Competitors

Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX) and Alcoa (NYSE:AA) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Does the media favor CENX or AA?

In the previous week, Century Aluminum and Century Aluminum both had 5 articles in the media. Alcoa's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Century Aluminum's score of 0.46 indicating that Alcoa is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Century Aluminum	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Alcoa	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, CENX or AA?

Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.54, suggesting that its share price is 154% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alcoa has a beta of 2.27, suggesting that its share price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CENX or AA more profitable?

Century Aluminum has a net margin of 14.69% compared to Alcoa's net margin of 0.50%. Century Aluminum's return on equity of 13.38% beat Alcoa's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Aluminum	14.69%	13.38%	4.33%
Alcoa	0.50%	5.54%	2.07%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CENX or AA?

Alcoa received 676 more outperform votes than Century Aluminum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.58% of users gave Alcoa an outperform vote while only 50.42% of users gave Century Aluminum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Century Aluminum	Outperform Votes 362 50.42%	Underperform Votes 356 49.58%
Alcoa	Outperform Votes 1038 66.58%	Underperform Votes 521 33.42%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CENX or AA?

61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Alcoa shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Century Aluminum shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Alcoa shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CENX or AA?

Century Aluminum presently has a consensus target price of $24.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.79%. Alcoa has a consensus target price of $42.50, suggesting a potential upside of 47.85%. Given Alcoa's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alcoa is more favorable than Century Aluminum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Century Aluminum	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Alcoa	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CENX or AA?

Alcoa has higher revenue and earnings than Century Aluminum. Alcoa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Century Aluminum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Century Aluminum	$2.36B	0.79	-$43.10M	$1.18	16.93
Alcoa	$12.67B	0.59	$60M	$3.32	8.66

Summary

Alcoa beats Century Aluminum on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.